Hanks rallies the green

Council hopes to raise $2 mil to preserve Earth's natural resources

Tom Hanks will serve as ringmaster and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will give the keynote speech at the NRDC’s biennial fund-raiser Earth to L.A.! — The Greatest Show on the Earth on May 6 at the Wadsworth Theater.

The Natural Resources Defense Council hopes to raise $2 million from the event to safeguard Earth’s natural resources. Larry David is a chair of the fund-raiser with his wife, the evening’s co-producer, Laurie David. Other event chairs are Cindy Horn, Jim Wiatt and NRDC trustees Alan Horn, Peter Morton and Elizabeth Wiatt, who is co-producing the evening.

Joel Gallen is overseeing production, and Michael Riva is creating the sets.

“Earth to L.A.!” will raise awareness about a number of environmental problems, especially global warming.